Thought of the day: “If you don’t tie our hands, we will keep stealing”
posted at 7:31 pm on March 18, 2010 by Allahpundit
A tasty goodie via the boss emeritus. The speaker is Democrat Tom Perriello — still undecided on O-Care, by the way — but the message is most assuredly bipartisan. How this guy plans to justify a vote for universal health care after starkly admitting that Congress won’t balance its budgets absent some law forcing it to do so, I have no idea. But that’ll be a fun subplot to watch on the day of tears this weekend.
What this guy’s actually copping to is nothing less than the collapse of representative government. They could take up entitlement reform, but preserving the long-term economic viability of the United States simply isn’t enough incentive. Nothing short of a public initiative demanding that they behave in a responsible manner will get them to act responsibly. Once you’re at that point, you might as well have direct democracy. Which isn’t a real swift idea either.
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Really? Bankruptcy isn’t enough of a motivator? Anyone been to Greece lately? It seems to have to inspired(or at least forced) the people in New Jersey to get their collective sh-t together.
Doughboy on March 18, 2010 at 7:32 PM
This nation is being torn apart
blatantblue on March 18, 2010 at 7:33 PM
So either we tie their hands, or they tie ours.
JellyToast on March 18, 2010 at 7:33 PM
Wow, wow!!!
deidre on March 18, 2010 at 7:34 PM
Speaking as a Virginian, I can guarantee Perriello is toast if he votes for 0-care. He’s from a very conservative district. There’s a chance he could actually be tarred and feathered in that district if he succumbs to The One.
shawk on March 18, 2010 at 7:36 PM
Constitutional Convention anyone? Could add an amendment restricting the scope of legislation or setting a maximum level for the budget relative to the GDP. Call your state reps.
andy85719 on March 18, 2010 at 7:37 PM
Honesty is a strange and woefully lacking virtue in those halls.
Yellowdog12 on March 18, 2010 at 7:37 PM
Did he say anything about a good sporking?
LibTired on March 18, 2010 at 7:39 PM
He’s going to vote no. I think the vote against allowing the Slaughter Rule today shows that.
Rocks on March 18, 2010 at 7:39 PM
I’m leaning more towards amputations lately.
Guardian on March 18, 2010 at 7:41 PM
I’m on the verge of creating my own Rambo remake.
Patience. Running. Low.
Liberty or Death. Now more than ever.
Dorvillian on March 18, 2010 at 7:41 PM
I’ve been around for 70+ years and have seen several wars but I am still amazed by how these sniveling, lying dirtbag politicians get elected.
rplat on March 18, 2010 at 7:41 PM
WOW,ya know,in the back of ones mind,you believe that,
but, when you hear a Democrat say it,thats scary as
h*ll!!
canopfor on March 18, 2010 at 7:42 PM
What they said.
JellyToast on March 18, 2010 at 7:42 PM
True words have never been spoken. Kill the bill.
kingsjester on March 18, 2010 at 7:44 PM
Somebody find and post the actual methods and techniques to do a real tar and feathering. We talk about it often but what does it really entail? Actual HOT tar? How is it applied, etc?
JonPrichard on March 18, 2010 at 7:44 PM
Sad, but true. I’m growing so cynical that part of me thinks this whole charade is just to get to the signing ceremony with the full intention that most of it won’t hold up under scrutiny or law. They have the media in their corner and each time a Repub rips something apart and attempts to dismantle it, they will start in on the theme that “republicans don’t want you to have healthcare”. Between Rahm and the media, that republican can be ripped to shreds in 60 seconds. I have faith in the party but it’s that pesky media that will beat this theme like a dead horse.
sherry on March 18, 2010 at 7:46 PM
Deep subject for shallow minds.
Americannodash on March 18, 2010 at 7:48 PM
He engaged in the ultimate Washington scandal. He told the truth.
amerpundit on March 18, 2010 at 7:48 PM
Scoundrels. This should be played at the top of the hour on every news show.
conservative pilgrim on March 18, 2010 at 7:49 PM
Lets give a little light on this,and Im sure,
others could expand,a lot better than I can!
The Left have been at WAR with the right since Bush
took office,and they have played every trick in the
book!
After 8 years,the Left,with its poisonous politics
have made it so,that both sides were barely talking
to each other,and I could see that coming!!
They were not going to work with Bush,and now,they
have pushed it to the brink!!!
Thats the narrative Americans find themselves in now!!
canopfor on March 18, 2010 at 7:49 PM
And got caught.
conservative pilgrim on March 18, 2010 at 7:49 PM
Despicable, but it sure is nice to hear one of them admit it instead of constantly robbing us blind while blowing smoke up our arses.
CantCureStupid on March 18, 2010 at 7:50 PM
A true tar and feather event was often fatal. The tar is hot…really hot. The tar was cooked and spread by any available means, either pouring or with mops or whatever you had. Then you just dump feathers on the victim. By this time, he ain’t running away. He’s most likely curled up on the ground screaming in agony.
I recommend taking them into the woods, staking them spread eagle, face down. Then insert a fresh honeycomb into their..um….you know. Then wait for the bears.
BobMbx on March 18, 2010 at 7:50 PM
As in First Blood? Great movie, would love to see a Washington DC version…in 3D of course.
royzer on March 18, 2010 at 7:51 PM
Intentionally, too.
They no longer are good stewards or protectors of the Constitution. I think some arrest warrants need to go out. NOW!!!
capejasmine on March 18, 2010 at 7:51 PM
This needs to be in a commercial quick!!!! At least this clown has a D behind his name.
yoda on March 18, 2010 at 7:52 PM
In a typical tar-and-feathers attack, the subject of a crowd’s anger would be stripped to the waist. Boiling hot tar was either poured or painted onto the person while he or she was immobilized. Then the victim either had feathers thrown on him or her or was rolled around on a pile of feathers so that they stuck to the tar. Often the victim was then paraded around town on a cart or a rail. The aim was to hurt and humiliate a person enough to leave town and not cause any more mischief.
The practice was never an official punishment in the United States, and rather a form of vigilante justice. It was eventually abandoned as society moved away from public, corporal punishment and toward capital punishment and rehabilitation of criminals.
Here is a modern day example.
Urban Infidel on March 18, 2010 at 7:53 PM
That should be “usually not fatal”.
BobMbx on March 18, 2010 at 7:54 PM
Step 1: Heat up tar
Step 2: Apply tar liberally to victims bare skin
step 3: Apply feathers
Daveyardbird on March 18, 2010 at 7:55 PM
Up until “If you don’t tie our hands, we will keep stealing”,…
… I didn’t understand a single word he was saying.
Seven Percent Solution on March 18, 2010 at 7:57 PM
It’s amazing to hear a politician cop to this truth. I can’t imagine how he let down his guard. I wonder if afterward he had the thought, “Oh, crap! What did I just say?”
ya2daup on March 18, 2010 at 7:58 PM
Lighten up, Francis.
Emperor Norton on March 18, 2010 at 8:01 PM
Theme song for the week….
shawk on March 18, 2010 at 8:05 PM
It’s like the degenerate begging to get kicked out of the casino.
stldave on March 18, 2010 at 8:07 PM
I vote for Muse, “Uprising”
shawk on March 18, 2010 at 8:08 PM
Whoa there. Let’s not jump the gun. I want liberty too but I don’t want to be labeled a rightwing lunatic. That will not help our cause. One step at a time.
Electrongod on March 18, 2010 at 8:08 PM
mr1216 is banned.
Allahpundit on March 18, 2010 at 8:09 PM
Well I guess your post went Poof.
Electrongod on March 18, 2010 at 8:09 PM
It doesn’t surprise me at all! Many of them have a criminal mentality. It’s just that they don’t like fist fights or getting their hands dirty. They really are thieves. That’s why they don’t want term limits, vote their own salary raises and have cadillac health care plans.
They trash Wall St., Main St. and anyone else to deflect their flaws. They work sleazy deals like Fannie Mae to enrich themselves while raping the public and ultimately causing a global, economic meltdown.
Prior to the new media it was the same. The difference now is that we know more, and news travels fast these days!
As disgusting as it is (and it’s really sick-making) we can finally hold them to account. We have the knowledge and the ability to call, e-mail and organize rallies and marches efficiently. Of course, they are interested in shutting down Talk Radio and placing restrictions on the internet. They will do it if we let them.
There isn’t much that is amusing these days in politics, but there is one thing I truly enjoy and that is watching politicians like Pelosi, Rangel, Conyers, Dodd, et al come to the slow realization that everything they do is made public in seconds. It’s a whole new world for them, and it’s obvious that they don’t like it. That alone is enough to make me smile.
Cody1991 on March 18, 2010 at 8:10 PM
Understand. That was way over the top.
Electrongod on March 18, 2010 at 8:10 PM
As everyone should have understood was our future from Nov 4th, 2008. That’s what we get for putting an ineligible Indonesian retard in the White House who has nothing but contempt for our nation and our institutions and who had nothing more in mind than exacting revenge on us by destroying our nation.
Death of the greatest nation to have ever existed by affirmative action and cowardice.
neurosculptor on March 18, 2010 at 8:11 PM
What did mr1216 say, “lesbiian”?
Bishop on March 18, 2010 at 8:13 PM
What makes you think that would matter? It’s not like their paying a great deal of attention to the constitution now. I hate to break it to you but it was always us and not the constitution that made this work. The constitution is just pretty words on expensive paper. Read the constitution of the USSR, and other failed nations that are floating around on the internet.
Some of them are pretty good, but if they were good, then why did it all end so badly? It ended badly because it’s not enough to write one. You have to live by it once it’s written. That’s where we were special. We as a collective people got it, or we use to, but now all thats lost.
DFCtomm on March 18, 2010 at 8:14 PM
If you don’t own a gun, buy one.
WisCon on March 18, 2010 at 8:15 PM
Now I am beginning to see why AP doesn’t want any use of the R or S word. This forum cannot be labeled as starting a militia.
Electrongod on March 18, 2010 at 8:18 PM
Somebody find and post the actual methods and techniques to do a real tar and feathering. We talk about it often but what does it really entail? Actual HOT tar? How is it applied, etc?
JonPrichard on March 18, 2010 at 7:44 PM
BetseyRoss on March 18, 2010 at 8:18 PM
Hello, I’m Tom Perriello and I’m a thieving taxaholic.
….(looks down from the podium out in to the darkened room and realizes he’s the only one at the meeting)
ontherocks on March 18, 2010 at 8:18 PM
No offense, but that is crazy, given what we have right now. There is no control of a Constitutional Convention. We could easily emerge from that with a Constitution that is the polar opposite of what we have.
These are fine, and necessary, but to be proposed as individual amendments, not calling for a Constitutional Convention.
Frankly, I think our nation is too far gone, anyway, but just for information purposes I would stress to you that a Constitutional Convention with the sort of lunatics we have infesting governments at all levels, it is just an awful idea.
neurosculptor on March 18, 2010 at 8:20 PM
I can see protecting the brand name and all that, but you might want to delete all the comments that had a direct quote of the comment you removed.
DFCtomm on March 18, 2010 at 8:24 PM
It is, and it’s by design.
I wrote a comment about this a couple of days ago because the environment today is so much like that during my college days. It was awful. It truly was.
A few months ago I made another comment, and I was criticized for being something like a buzz killer. Can’t remember the exact terminology. I think it was you, BB. And you were right. Shortly after the 2004 presidential election I did a lot of research on BO. When the economic meltdown went into full swing I realized that the Republicans were not going to win. McCain couldn’t control the Dem Congress. Heck, Bush didn’t do very well. But having a Dem Congress with Pelosi and Reid in charge and BO as pres. was too much for me.
You were right. I have been worried out of my mind and quite depressed. No parties. No lamp shades on my head. ;)
The last year has been pretty much as I anticipated. No surprises. The health care farce should be no surprise to anyone.
Cody1991 on March 18, 2010 at 8:26 PM
I was careful not to include all of what mr1216 said that was over the top. But if AP wants to remove my quote…
Electrongod on March 18, 2010 at 8:28 PM
The fat lady not only hasn’t begun singing, she’s not even in town.
Beware of fat ladies with bad singing voices, introduced by Oliar and co., like everything with this movement, their songs will be rumors, not opera.
ontherocks on March 18, 2010 at 8:29 PM
fify
are you kidding? even then; you moderated me once today already, AP, but nothing less than physical restraint will stop these people–and that’s an undeniable truth, no matter how uncomfortable you are with it
urbancenturion on March 18, 2010 at 8:29 PM
Obi-Wan you are our only hope
tomas on March 18, 2010 at 8:29 PM
I didn’t realize there was more. If AP left that much standing then I can only imagine the rest.
DFCtomm on March 18, 2010 at 8:31 PM
Doesn’t Perriello represent the Charlottesville area – “The San Francisco of the East?”
If he is saying this, wow . . .
Marybeth on March 18, 2010 at 8:38 PM
A Warning From The Near Future…..
Lo, the pungent stench of scorching skin under steaming tar wafting in the air…..
Musty feathers float on the breeze amidst boisterous voices…..
Returning to their rightful place by virtue of the strength they’ve rediscovered……
Retrieving and reclaiming their nation from the claws of the insolent Marxists…….
The Citizen has risen to the occasion…..
Torches divest the evening’s darkness of its ability to hide the guilty……
The clank of pitchfork, hoe, and machete…..
The screeches of the cornered “Progressive Elite” fall on deaf ears of the ones they’ve offended……
Ragged cries for mercy fill the distance as another who had forgotten his place is reminded
of his obligations to his Constitutional Master…..
The Citizen……
R/A
rabidamerican on March 18, 2010 at 8:39 PM
What’s with all these new trolls? Sleeper cells from the last registration?
conservative pilgrim on March 18, 2010 at 8:45 PM
Smith: Everything that has a beginning has an end, Neo. What did I just say?
Neo: You were right, Smith. You were always right. It was inevitable. Neo’s last words
STICKEE HAND!
Smith: Is that it?
Neo Nods in the affirmative
Americannodash on March 18, 2010 at 8:45 PM
I miss all the fun. :-(
SagebrushPuppet on March 18, 2010 at 8:49 PM
Not much to see but four paragraphs of anger. Not that his anger is no different then ours but the way mr1216 writes it, it was a call to duty.
Electrongod on March 18, 2010 at 9:00 PM
We have 500 lawyers sitting around in Congress every day, cooking up plans and schemes that become laws across the land. What could go wrong?
GnuBreed on March 18, 2010 at 9:01 PM
I am seriously thinking about not participating in the American ideal anymore. Perhaps I too will only obey the laws that I agree with. Maybe I wont pay taxes anymore. Maybe I will screw the Government wherever I get the chance. Maybe if everybody did this, then the Government would fall and we could start over again.
epluribusunum on March 18, 2010 at 9:03 PM
Using my best Rod Serling impression:
Imagine, if you will, a commenter mistakenly gone awry … this over the top grown man, mr1216 has entered, “The Twilight Zone,” but in the very real world of HA, the ban hammer gets mr1216 rezoned.
Americannodash on March 18, 2010 at 9:05 PM
Maybe I shall “Deem” my taxes paid for the year….
My mortgage “Deemed” paid off….
“Deem” that a new car is a gift I’ve already paid for through the bailout……
“Deem” that violence is a fully acceptable way to remove these $hits from office….
And “Deem” that I may call a court to try these maggots for dereliction of duty……
R/A
rabidamerican on March 18, 2010 at 9:07 PM
No….
He mentioned some really bad science fiction movies.
Oh, wait!
Seven Percent Solution on March 18, 2010 at 9:09 PM
Disgusting. Total moral squalor. Has a country this good ever been this badly served.
rrpjr on March 18, 2010 at 9:11 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBf1e6WWWA0
Pat Travers said it better
thomasaur on March 18, 2010 at 9:19 PM
Make Rep. Perriello’s video go viral!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0GmQwXMfW4
The entire country needs to see this video so they understand how Congresspeople think!
Rep. Perriello is listed as a probable YES vote on the health bill on Hannity.com
Rep. Perriello is a freshman Congressman who barely won his seat by 727 votes (50.08%)
It looks like there are several candidates lining up to run against him.
The next 2 days are the best opportunity for these candidates to get national name recognition and campaign contributions by pressuring Rep. Perriello to vote NO on health reform.
Every vote counts and the candidate who stops this bill will be a hero.
In the meantime, call Rep. Perriello’s office to remind him his voters are watching and he is vulnerable!
wren on March 18, 2010 at 9:33 PM
? Read history more. This ‘progressive’ movement has been going on for 100 years. The people of this country have been asleep at the wheel.
This is just the first near perfect storm for progressives.
Ever hear – “Can’t happen here” – well … here we are.
AZ_Redneck on March 18, 2010 at 9:37 PM
If Obama knowingly signs into law a bill that has not been passed by both Houses of Congress, then he is violating his oath to defend the Constitution of the United States, and should be removed from office. Claiming that the Senate bill passes the House when “deemed to pass” by another bill makes no logical sense. The Senate passes bill X. The House passes bill X+Y. The only time X=X+Y is when Y is zero, which is clearly not the case here.
ksm on March 18, 2010 at 9:38 PM
mr1216 got banned for mentioning Twilight Zone?
darwin on March 18, 2010 at 9:40 PM
He’s just playing the game. He is a flaming liberal trying to pass himself off as a moderate. If the Democrats need his vote, he will give it. The only reason he would vote no is because there are enough yes votes to pass it without him, He is a conservative district with some of the highest unemployment in the state. I don’t think a No vote is enough to save him.
huckleberryfriend on March 18, 2010 at 9:40 PM
Unless Y = Obama.
Electrongod on March 18, 2010 at 9:45 PM
This is the most divisive administration I’ve ever seen in my lifetime. And Mr. President is the most cold, calculating, deceitful, arrogant piece of work I’ve ever seen.
scalleywag on March 18, 2010 at 9:50 PM
Hey, Virginia 5th District. Virgil Goode doesn’t look so bad now does he? Please dump this chump in November and we’ll do our best to get rid of Boucher up here in the 9th.
TugboatPhil on March 18, 2010 at 10:13 PM
And his Precedency of the Harvard Law Review (even though it was, obviously, an affirmative action joke of an election, just like his Precedency) should be used as evidence that it was done with pure malice of forethought. Bret Baier’s interview is good evidence of that!
Yes, it should be open and shut.
neurosculptor on March 18, 2010 at 11:04 PM
Or an amendment that requires Congress to follow the Constitution. Of course that would require the unwinding of Medicare and Social Security, and any other entitlements they floated over the years.
If such programs are wanted they should be done in the private sector, or by the states…. kind of like that pesky 10th amendment.
Dasher on March 19, 2010 at 12:35 AM
Apparently not, Doughboy. What happens in the individual states isn’t going to matter worth s–t if all it takes is a diktat from Congress to overrule it.
gryphon202 on March 19, 2010 at 12:48 AM
I’d like to see Mike McPadden beat Tom Perriello in the fall.
ted c on March 19, 2010 at 6:13 AM
If this OCare passes, and then they get Amnesty (with GOP support and then have the EPA do Cap & Trade)……think what America will look like!
They already are taking over the College funding, they own Banks right and left, they soon may own all mortgages. Hot Airians there will NOT be another FREE election in the U. S. (barring a miracle).
Get ready for your biometric chip implantation. etc.
Meanwhile, back at the little league soccer game and neighborhood pool Americans go about their lives oblivious the oncoming tsunami of the TRANSFORMED America.
God help us, our children and Granchildren.
PappyD61 on March 19, 2010 at 7:27 AM
hey ted c & others from Perriello’s district:
1st: Perriello is a true believer & will vote YES if Nancy needs him. he actually may have voted NO because he has strong opposition in November, but Nancy told him she wouldn’t give him any $. the 5th District race is one of 2 races nationwide targeted by Organizing for America, the SEIU/college student volunteer arm of the DNC. This race is expected to cost upwards of $3 million.
that said, there are TEA party candidates who have already said they will run as 3d parties & one TEA party candidate said he doesn’t need the Republicans to win. So we have alot of foot-shooting going on here.
but we’ll get it together & get rid of Perriello. I apologize now for his vote, but promise that we will give ourselves & our country a Republican in November.
kelley in virginia on March 19, 2010 at 7:58 AM
It’s not enough to punish the Democrats from Washington. All Democrats, everywhere need to feel the heat. State and local as well. No Democrat, anywhere in the country, should be returned to office. Maybe, just maybe, they will get the message then.
MarkTheGreat on March 19, 2010 at 8:36 AM
“Stop me before I steal again!”
Akzed on March 19, 2010 at 8:48 AM
We always use driveway sealant.
Akzed on March 19, 2010 at 8:50 AM
Maybe we should use handcuffs, a paddy wagon and fit them all for orange jumpsuits. He’s just got his hand out and advertising it. Zero hasn’t taken him for the plane ride yet.
Kissmygrits on March 19, 2010 at 9:04 AM
The problem is that Congress was supposed to be the instrument to constrain the spending of the executive branch, but has instead become the origin of spending.
What should really be happening is that the President should submit a budget request, and congress should sift through it, approving or denying pieces as they see fit, and only with a two-thirds majority should they originate any spending of their own. They are supposed to be guarding the purse strings, not dumping the purse out.
Count to 10 on March 19, 2010 at 10:56 AM